people would call the devil or even eve you're involved in a multinational general strike against their government as terrorists a policy with spain portugal greece and italy at the forefront of the protests. the crisis and growing unemployment in the locals and my words the search for better life a nonmember countries that managed to avert economic turmoil. and the need of founded fear and rubble blog get the first official recognition in the west from the bronx we're told so make it clear that blind the opposition with weapons isn't far away.

and you saw in russia and around the world this is with me hello and welcome to the program millions of european workers have united against austerity measures as a mega strike kicked off in debt ridden spain portugal greece and italy that message will be supported in other states as protests are expected all across the continent on the eve of a day of action there were fierce clashes between factory workers and riot police and italy's song denia in spain and portugal the start of the strife was marked by angry crowds taking to the streets resulting in a number of arrests while the e.u. population is struggling to make it until stay with the message heard some are managing to leave the turmoil and find a safe haven outside of the union but still on the continent thing ocean our ports . and also terry anyone in need is welcome here in the queue for food traditionally immigrants from so now you. for many and but and this is new

some europeans as well. who want to father of three came here from spain eleven months ago after he lost his job and gained debts instead of going to be able to get out i came here with hope i was forced to leave spain due to the economic crisis and bank recession here i work and make three thousand euros a month and i can pay my debts in spain. milena is not queuing for food she cooks originally from colombia she first immigrated to spain but the crisis pushed her move further on she now works at a cafe in no wiese famous movie music and while she serves those who come here to admire the world famous scream she says her life if only they knew would probably provoke an even stronger impression on the visitors a bit about them it's hard it's not as easy as they show it on t.v. you go from one country to another like a rolling stone you have kids and nothing to feed them with and no job.

in september the unemployment rate within the eurozone hit a record high of eleven point six percent in the seventeen countries united by a common currency more than eighteen million people are now out of work that's an increase of around five thousand every day since august during the years of growth year of was in desperate need of a cheap labor force and therefore provided immigrants from all over the globe with work but with the worst economic crisis since the second world war now in the gulf in the continent not only is the able to provide jobs for outsiders it cannot even create works for locals turning the tables and sending many of those in a search for a better life abroad to no way for example and non eurozone and only used state two factors some analysts say that have averted the scandinavian country from disaster . in our region krone is one of the safest currencies in europe many people here in germany and in other european countries believe that our monetary system is being

pressed up against the wall and this makes us weak is when the economic crisis fully engulfed greece last year brussels was on alert then a bailout treaty brought hope and relief apparently for mature spain then portugal joined the club and someone will still be others to come let's release switzerland and norway are not a you members they're doing better than any other european country as we do denmark in the czech republic the e.u. countries and we never hear things about the whole system when it's steals all the major powers from states political economic diplomatic and military and give it to brussels and washington is doomed with german chancellor angela merkel saying at least five more years will be needed to recover and it's clear countries like no we will not have a deficit in labor force at least some more decades greif notion r t from no way

germany and france. they were bound. before our coverage of the e.u. mega strike as workers unite against austerity we'll have live updates from our correspondents are fast in madrid later in the day but for now check out her twitter feed with the latest from spain. france has become the first western country to recognize the new syrian rebel coalition as the solar treatment voice of the syrian people the u.s. and other european nations stopped short of doing so saying the foreign based group should force to show its able to represent syrians inside the country paris also said it would look at arming the rebels policy and reports. the french president francois hollande said that the syrian opposition coalition would act as a temporary government in the future and he said that it would be the tosca of the

syrian opposition to now establish a transitional government earlier in the week six gulf states recognize the opposition coalition which we could tolerate foreign minister saying that this recognition now removed obstacles to the securing of weapons to the syrian opposition it is important to make a distinct parallel with what we've seeing back on the tenth of march two thousand and eleven we saw the same sonora unfolding when france was the first country to recognize the transitional national council which was essentially the opposition fighters in libya and this is what we witnessing this parallel situation now in syria what happened in libya and following that french recognition back in libya this set the pavement for international recognition and ultimately lead to foreign forces intervening in that country the arab league which is arguably the most important body in the arab world has given a hesitant welcome to this opposition coalition it has however stopped short of recognizing it as the legitimate voice of the syrian people and then you have

members of the arab league such as iraq and lebanon that have not fully given their support to opposition fighters in their attempt to topple the syrian president bashar assad they are a number of questions and concerns still outstanding not least among them the whole question of the supply of weapons the question of foreign intervention and also the question of who makes up this opposition coalition it has for days if not weeks now been fractured by internal bickering it is essentially a patchwork of organizations and people that have very different political and religious backgrounds and affiliations so many people are asking well if in fact it is effective and how effective its connections and its ties are with the syrian opposition that is active inside syria. prances full indorsement of the syrian opposition unity blog comes amid fears that there's a growing number of extremists fighting on the side of the rebels and fact from the free syrian army the military branch of the opposition told us their commanders are not always in total control of combat. the free syrian army is not

a regular army but the soldiers of the revolution some troops claim to be part of the f.e.c. but at the same time do not follow orders killings to police but as we are in a revolution we cannot control such you have certainly there are some extremists some guns and some who want to take advantage of the. the syrian rebel coalition was formed following criticism and internal pressure from big u.s. and some arab states and dr ali mohammed at the same chief of the syria tribune news website questions just how much it will flex the interests of the syrian people. it's very surprising that they are good now you think of the course. as a result of the syrian people. this is this doesn't make sense to me and to syria it doesn't make sense politically even the first thing they see more workers more work and that's what we want and more workers are not in favor of the city of people here people are being killed with this we're. told because conditions up there were

some of the shows they are supplying. money to go to. proxies so we're spending money so here it was in the money he was. arming training. this was the how it was to me it was from powers obviously france and the e.u. are being selective in applying the law. not only that breaks the embargo but also the they would be arming some of the extremist groups is this legal in france i don't know if it's possible that some countries will try to look through the instrument or your old books it is different then leave your out the. whole body that would happen in the middle east is beyond anybody's problem because if they decide to go it's. a sin to have figured this our private passions at the pentagon have caused a very public humiliation look at adecco agent u.s. army. from david petraeus as commander in afghanistan has been trying to into the scandal that brought his predecessor down plus. the tricks of the world's richest

companies cause outrage in britain where global giants like google amazon and starbucks are accused of billions in taxes. chinese leader who jintao has stepped down as they had over the communist party clearing the way for his successor vice president cheney is expected to take over as the party leader says day and the next president a notch the transfer took place and a party congress which has drawn to a close in the country's capital the big question is how. they need a ship will affect china's aeration is what it's top political and economical ival but it professor joseph chang says conflict between the two is likely if washington refuses to accept bay trains running. soon or later become the biggest economy in the world may be trimmed to try and be maybe a bit late into the trendy for these chinese leaders worried whether the

united states will except the rise of china otherwise conflicts between the two countries it sets that way a genius quite well read. it is reason to if indeed this feels as create as a reason concern among its neighbors and date and to a dog a strategy that is strengthening their security military cooperation with the united states because facilitating the united states the obama administration's return to a. strategy. of the bank with more international news for you and. it

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the life in the tundra is harsh and so before winter hits many of the children are helicoptered to the center of the district for boarding school. students learn different languages utilize modern technologies through specialized grant programs and even learn arts skills all within a protected the school was founded. a scientist who wanted a better way of life for his people but even with the most progressive ideas in education say they don't want to trade the modern life. i have returned to the tundra and i actually like it here if you're outside there's fresh air fresh water looks at the site you can see deer it's a joyful sight. a sentiment that hopefully ensures that russia's northern reindeer will have caretakers for generations to come.

ashore is that so much to know that you should be sitting on the mark when syrian opposition says it is reinvented itself and it has to be recognized as a legitimate representative of the syrian people at home and on the global stage. more news today violence is once again flared up. these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. operations around. the world the. technology innovation. developments

around russia we've got this huge earth covered. this is the welcome back this sex scandal that shocked america and led to the downfall of cia chief david petraeus has now also trond in the country's top commander in afghanistan they story involving two of the country's most influential military leaders could hardly come to was time is unfolding just after barack obama won his second term in office while u.s. troops are struggling in afghanistan she's going to check on looks now at the twists and turns in the unraveling saga. this scandal is just getting worse and reminds more of a t.v. drama possibly with many episodes the latest episode of the investigation into the affair between former cia director general petraeus and his biographer is the revelation of another extramarital affair now between the top american and nato

commander in afghanistan general john allen and a woman named jewel kelly the very woman who officials say general petraeus says mistress paula broadwell saw as a rival for her affections with general petraeus and wrote threatening e-mails to dead jill kelley was the woman who opened this can of worms when she went to the f.b.i. in the first place and asked them to investigate the harassing anonymous e-mails that she'd been receiving the investigation led to paula broadwell's mailbox and apparently her mailbox revealed her affair with a former cia director few words about jill kelley a mother of three a housewife living in florida they've apparently been friends with the patrice is fool for years and she turned out to be nothing most intelligent woman because when she asked the f.b.i. to look into this arresting e-mails that she'd been receiving she somehow forgot that her own mailbox was also full of quote unquote inappropriate e-mails from the commander of u.s. forces in afghanistan general john allen also

a married official said there were somewhere from twenty to thirty thousand pages of those e-mails of course they did not reveal the content of those e-mails they just said there was inappropriate communication between the two this may sound like a huge manyfold family drama but it's more serious than that and a military lawyer adultery can be a crime and punishment can be time in prison although general allen will remain the commander of getting sent defense secretary panetta said that he had asked president obama to delay the general's nomination to be the commander of american forces in europe and the supreme allied commander of nato so john allen would be the third. again it's then general who fell from grace so abruptly and so shockingly too many first it was general stanley mcchrystal resigned when a magazine quoted him saying unflattering things about the administration and then general petraeus over a woman i know general john allen story of the biggest names in the war in

afghanistan. and a feeling that there's much more to the patris case than just an extramarital affair is growing for m i five intelligence officer and a match and says that the resignation of the cia could be the result of infighting within the intelligence community. you need to be pretty well written drama really . nala bomber has been elected for his final and second term they can use and use the group to sweep the old regime of senior generals who sort of move through the evolving dogs in military positions the intelligence issues one of the points that people seem to get much coverage about to try to promote is the fact that he has been very much a really. really pushing for the idea that there should be some sort of military action against iraq so there may well have been some sort of maneuvering behind the scenes by other senior intelligence officer is to try and get rid of someone that

they would see as an outsider who is peddling a line which they don't agree with and which undermines their national data is going to be. more opinion and speculation was behind this high profile scandal on all closely you had that to have you also say on what to make of the timing so his opinion is divided at the moment just about a third say they've done that information came out to prevent general petraeus from testifying about that topic on the u.s. consulate in been ghazi a little over a quarter believe it's part of a bigger plot to all the whole leadership in a number of top. the sun say the timing is links to the u.s. presidential vote with a cover up taking place to ensure a bomb is re-election and at the same number see no solid players saying it's purely beatrice's mistake that led to his downfall so let us know what you're saying on the.

a good look at some other international news this hour u.s. military prosecutors have a choice of the death penalty for sergeant robert bales who's accused of killing sixteen afghan civilians the incident took place in march one bales allegedly left his remote outpost at night and executed his victims nine of them children the case has become the deadliest war crime by a single american officer since the beginning in afghanistan. jordan has seen mass protests after the country's prime minister announced a fuel price hike demonstrations took place in the competition supported by twelve other cities throughout the country despite criticism of their ruling more of being punishable by three years behind bars opposition groups have called for the popular

revolution. the small planes crashed into a fence at some powerless airport of brazil the pilot donna she's had a spinal while to other passengers survived the incident with minor injuries and it's not here clear what caused the crash but there are reports the plane failed to break when it landed on the runway. three of the walls most recognized bronze star box google and amazon are facing investigation in the u.k. over depriving the nation of hundreds of millions of pounds the companies are in hot water because of their tux practices that have already been dumped in moral point of boyko has more of the growing public outrage in britain. these are three companies that dominate the u.k. economy they have billions of pounds worth of turnover but it looks like they pay very little corporation tax to show for it and now m.p.'s are outraged by the fact that through very legal loopholes these companies that they say are acting in an

immoral way are managing to dodge millions and billions of pounds worth of tax every single year and they want to try and put a stop to it now it's about getting clever accountants that find countries with more favorable tax rates to base a u.k. headquarters and so for example google base themselves in the republic of ireland that's way that that's where they sell their advertising space from starbucks are based in holland and amazon based in luxembourg for much of the ordinary public here in the u.k. it's just not funny anymore they say that you know austerity measures are taking hold in the public spending cuts in the public sent are really making life difficult for people and we spoke to a few people out on the streets and this is what they told us if we're paying tax on things like. we have to foot the bill for that i guess we're paying tax on coffee as well why should they not pay the tax that we. support i guess is up to

some degree still it would be tempting to expect that this. group of these campaigners against austerity measures here in the u.k. they say that in december they're going to launch a national day of action against starbucks what they're going to do is they're going to occupy the multitude of starbucks coffee houses that we have here in london you walk down the street you see them everywhere and they're going to make them into a homeless shelter they're going to make them into refuges into creches because that they say that starbucks have these immoral tactics and they need to give back to society. cross-talk is coming up shortly after this break. while.

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to find out more visit our big teeth don't call. the phone. soon which brightened. moved from plans to christians. who screens totty don't come. to church. and. to. follow in welcome to cross talk i'm peter lavelle the syrian opposition says it has reinvented itself and asked to be recognized as the legitimate representative of the syrian people at home and on the global stage what difference will this make

will this new strategy change the course of the civil war after all it would appear assad has considerable staying power. and you can. start. to cross talk the syrian civil war i'm joined by rym turkmani in london she is a spokesperson for the group building the syrian state in istanbul we have right good man he is the europe bureau chief for the mcclatchy newspapers and in colombia we cross to joseph almighty he is an adjunct professor at the university of south carolina already folks cross talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want women find go to you first in london we have a new opposition group they want to be recognized internationally and representing the syrian people what are their origins and will will change anything on the ground. i don't think do a change a lot on the ground there is a feeling of optimism among the evolutionary is that at least there is now one

united buddy but personally i don't think it's going to change much and i don't think it's going to last for a long time as a strong group because it's a coalition and coalitions are always need weak they fall apart in front of challenges and the reality is that we are in front of a very very complex and tough conflict there is no solution to unite around you know what are they exactly uniting around there are no solutions there is no political solution there is no. solution so it's not quite clear what is on their agenda ok and. let me ask you a question does it bother you that it took the united states hillary clinton and u.s. allies do say we want to new opposition snap snap go to doha and get one and they did. of course yeah i mean this is why we are against them as a state we are against such coalitions if they are being sponsored.